All events require registration at
http://bit.ly/mobileworkweek
What is Mobile Work Week? Five days of public and private celebrations of the Bay Area mobile workforce, bringing together all the businesses and brands that support our mobile workforce presented by LiquidSpace. It's a LiquidSpace open house across town. For an entire week, venues throughout the Bay Area have opened their doors in celebration of a new way of working and living. (Read more here).
www.mobileworkweek.com
Over the course of the week, through evening events like venue crawls, presentations and panels and even a party and special lunches, we'll explore everything good, bad and otherwise around today's mobile worker.
Each night there will be a unique event where everyone can come together to meet, greet, learn a little, and live a little. We'll also have some really cool and unique temporary workspaces pop up in our system, once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. We'll have some special guests along the way too. You know you want to join!
Can't wait to get involved? You can sign up and reserve work space during Mobile Work Week by clicking here. Just create your account at LiquidSpace.com and start booking space at any of the participating venues, each offered at a discount for the entire Mobile Work Week.
Current participating venues include Carr Workplaces, RocketSpace, NextSpace Coworking, Hatchery, DEGW, Pacific Business Centers, and Steelcase.
What's happening:
Monday, December 5, 6:00-9:00pm
LiquidSpace Crawl
Starts at Carr Workplace, Four Embarcadero Center, Ste 1400, San Francisco
For years we’ve heard businesses across the globe encouraging employees to work remotely and embrace more flexible cultures and regiments, but more than ever, today governments and city officials are taking it upon themselves to get involved and help enable this new way of working within their community from the ground up.
In this presentation, Ryan Coonerty, Mayor of the City of Santa Cruz, and Melanie Nutter, Director of the SF Dept of Environment, will address the role of government in supporting teleworking, urban sustainability and economic development when it comes to their mobile working citizens, including how to help local organizations bring choice of location to the forefront, empowering employees to choose where and how they work.
Already today, governments are conducting pilot programs to gather data on how choice impacts productivity, real estate cost and carbon footprint.
Furthermore, you’ll hear how business managers and city leaders are creating solutions and support systems to transition this new trend into a working, professional norm.
After the presentation, you'll have the opportunity to visit other LiquidSpace partners including NextSpace Coworking, RocketSpace, Hatchery and DEGW for more drinks and prizes! Look for the red pedicabs to get you from space to space.
Tuesday, December 6, 3:00-4:30pm
"Legal Issues Facing Early Stage Technology Startups" discussion with Patrick Pohlen, co-chair Emerging Company Practice, Latham & Watkins, LLP
Latham & Watkins office, 140 Scott Drive, Menlo Park
Patrick Pohlen, co-chair of the Emerging Company Practice for the global law firm of Latham & Watkins LLP, will discuss key legal issues facing early stage technology stratups and entrepreneurs. Patrick will lead a lively discussion about business-entity formation and fund raising.
Tuesday, December 6, 6:30pm-2:00am
"The Mobile Worker Toolkit: Development with the Mobile Worker in Mind" Roundtable Discussion & Late Night Coworking with SF Nightowls
pariSoma Innovation Loft, 169 11th Street, San Francisco
Industries across the board are realigning themselves around a new paradigm for work: mobility. The effects of this reorganization are far-reaching, and companies are both encouraging their employees to work the way they choose and also helping them leverage products and tools to support that shift.
The opportunity for developers is massive. Many pain points still felt by today’s mobile workers have gone either unsolved or completely untouched — everything from getting insurance and managing HR to finding a quick flight for cheap or even just keeping up with receipts. There is room for more apps, services and tools and today, mobile workers are busy padding themselves with whatever makes their already hectic work life easier and more efficient.
During this roundtable, we'll go beyond discussing the trends in mobility and hear from specific businesses and developers who have successfully catered to mobile workers with their products and offerings. They'll share challenges and learnings, as well as advice for building your own products and application for the 1 billion mobile workers worldwide.
Come early for the panel and stay late to get productive with the SF Nightowls as we provide space, food and drinks to keep you going throughout the night.
Wednesday, December 7, 12:30-1:45pm
"Get a Room -- IP, confidentiality, and mobile/coworking spaces" lunch discussion with Rachael Lamkin, IP Litigator, Turner Boyd LLP
Pacific Business Centers, 201 Spear Street, Ste 1100, San Francisco
This is an emerging area of law with uncertain guidelines but the presentation will address some of the potential law related concerns (with a focus on patents and trade secrets), and will also propose solutions. Should be attended by entrepreneurs, owners of coworking spaces, and the attorneys who protect them. Rachael Lamkin will share more as well as have time to answer questions you may have. Lunch is on us but you must register for a ticket above to attend as space is limited.
Wednesday, December 7, 7:00-8:30pm
Fireside Chat
DEGW 720 Market Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco
We're coming together for an intimate evening of drinks and discussion on the opportunities that live at the intersection of collaborative consumption, big data, and mobile working.
Thursday, December 8, 6:30-10:00pm
LiquidSpace Launch Party
Bluxome Street Winery, 53 Bluxome Street (on Bluxome between 4th and 5th just North of Townsend), San Francisco
It's time to celebrate as LiquidSpace officially makes it mark in the Bay area and you're invited!
The Tourist (Magnificent7) has been DJing in the Bay Area for the past 17 years and will be spinning tunes for your ears Come meet other mobile workers in the community and have a drink on us. We're going all out to celebrate the launch and hope you'll join us.
Friday, December 9, 12:30-1:45pm
"Designing for Mobile Work" with Mark Gilbreath, CEO of LiquidSpace, Kevin Kuske, Chief Brand Advocate for Turnstone, Gretchen Addi, Fellow Associate Partner at IDEO, and Yancy Widmer, Associate Partner at IDEO
Steelcase Showroom, 475 Brannan Street, San Francisco
We're closing out the week with a festive and lively lunch discussion about the consumerization of real estate. How is mobility changing our relationship with commercial real estate. People are leaving 'work' to get work done, is that a good thing? Yes! Especially if you design your strategy based on mobility. Mark Gilbreath, CEO of LiquidSpace, Kevin Kuske, Chief Brand Advocate for Turnstone, Gretchen Addi, Fellow Associate Partner at IDEO, and Yancy Widmer, Associate Partner at IDEO will lead a discussion on three important things to consider. Lunch is on us, so come early to enjoy some good food and grab a seat for this forum.
